Law enforcement in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada has seen a substantial transformation over the past half century, primarily due to its inextricable ties to legislation. Some practitioners and professionals allege that 9/11 was the marquee event that signified not only a new type of terrorism, but a new type of policing, broadened by 
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The Thin Blue Line and The Impact of Terrorism on the Transformation of Law Enforcement
By: Valarie Findlay | Friday, July 31st, 2015Could New Laws to Fight Terrorism Actually Help Fuel It?
By: David Cortright | Wednesday, April 8th, 2015Last week in Australia, 230 suspected jihadists were prevented from flying to the Middle East, highlighting a trend among governments (Canada and France are others) to implement tough new counterterrorism laws. While these laws have a purported purpose of improving national security, there is a risk that punitive measures that widen police and intelligence powers will have
Terrorism: Learn To Live With It. Why Canada and its partners need to focus on defining, mitigating and managing - not eliminating - terrorism
By: Valarie Findlay | Friday, February 27th, 2015In these days of sound-bites and quotes, the issue of global terrorism by non-state and state-sympathizers has created conundrums in Western Nations in communicating and devising effective approaches, responses and analysing causality. We see this in our struggles to augment and institute new legislative powers, military involvement and domestic responses to events that may or
Backgrounder – Boko Haram and Political Instability in Nigeria
By: Lema Ijtemaye | Tuesday, July 29th, 2014Boko Haram’s activities have been escalating steadily in Nigeria; the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Borno earlier this year being the most recent indicator of the group’s growing threat to Nigeria’s political stability. Indeed, the group is viewed by many experts as a direct challenge the state’s corrupt nature and its general inability to address
Note - Latin America and Caribbean Security Summit, October 23-24, 2014, Miami, Florida
By: SSR Resource Centre | Friday, July 18th, 2014The Centre for Security Governance is a media partner for the Latin America and Caribbean Security Summit, which will be held on October 23-24, 2014 in Miami, Florida. Oliver Kinross will be hosting The Latin America and Caribbean Security Summit 2014 in Miami, Florida, following the success of its Africa Security and Counter Terrorism Summit. The
Libya: Capture of Anas al Liby Exposes Weak Security Sector
By: Shannon Nash | Thursday, November 7th, 2013Security Governance Group Research and Communications Intern Shannon Nash looks at the recent U.S. raid that led to the capture of wanted terrorist, Anas al Liby to analyze how the event reflects on Libya’s troubled security sector.
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